Simplicity (Joe Pass album)

Simplicity
Studio album by Joe Pass
Released 1967
Recorded 1967
Genre Jazz, Bop
Label Pacific Jazz
Producer Richard Bock
Joe Pass chronology
A Sign of the Times
(1966)		 Simplicity
(1967)		 Guitar Interludes
(1969)

Simplicity is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass, released in 1967.[1]

Simplicity was reissued along with A Sign of the Times on CD by Euphoria Records in 2002.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Ron Wynn wrote of the album "smooth, fluent songs, crisp, polished solos, and sentimental material, and does everything with a modicum of effort and intensity."[2]

Track listing

  1. "You and Me" (Vinicius de Moraes, Carlos Lyra)
  2. "'Tis Autumn" (Henry Nemo)
  3. "Luciana" (Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes, Gene Lees)
  4. "I Had the Craziest Dream" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren)
  5. "Nobody Else But Me" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern)
  6. "Simplicity" (Joe Pass)
  7. "The Sands of Time" (Timothy Barr, Jerry Leshay)
  8. "Sometime Ago" (Sergio Mihanovich)
  9. "The Gentle Rain" (Luiz Bonfá, Matt Dubey)
  10. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley)
  11. "Where Was I (Donde Estuve Yo)" (Tommye Karen, Allan Reuss, Rainey Robinson)

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic entry for Simplicity.
  2. 1 2 Wynn, Ron. "Simplicity > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 159. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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